Women in Contemporary China: Facing the Challenges of Agency

Women in Contemporary China: Facing the Challenges of Agency

March 19, 2018 - 14:41

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The seminar Women in Contemporary China: Facing the Challenges of Agency organized by Tiina H. Airaksinen, the Department of World Cultures, University of Helsinki and funded by Joel Toivola Foundation was held at the University of Helsinki 4-5 December.The seminar was held by the Women in Contemporary China project, which also includes the book More Than Half the Sky? The New Roles of Women in the Chinese Society which will be published in Finnish. The book analyses Chinese female agency and especially its change in the Chinese socio-political and cultural context. NIAS researchers Min Dongchao and Cecilia Milwertz were invited as keynote speakers to the seminar. For more information on the project contact project coordinator Erkki Viitasaari [email protected]

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